Fastener.



A. M. ZIEGLER.

FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1909.

1,068,620. Patented July 29, 1913.

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ALFRED 1VL ZIEGLER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ASSIGNOR TO THE A. ZIEGLER& SONS (10., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IEASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Application filed March 10, 1909. Serial No. 482,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Fasteners, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to fasteners for stocking supporters and the like.

My invention may be readily understood by reference to the followingdescription of an illustrative embodiment thereof shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a fastener embodying my invention applied to an articleto be supported; Fig. 2 is a face view of the fastener alone; Fig. 3 isa side view of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section taken on the dotted line 44of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a section taken 011 the dotted line 5-5 of Fig.1.

The stocking fastener shown herein embodying my invention comprises aflat metallic loop 1 having a stocking receiving opening 2 and convergedholding portions 8 forming a holding slit 4 for the article to besupported. The upper end of the fastener is provided with an elongatedeye 5 through which may be passed the webbing of any suitable supporter.To retain the attaching portion of the article to be supported securelyin the slit 4 referred to the lower end of the fastener is provided witha cap or supplemental loop 6, herein of metal, shaped to conform to theouter contour of the lower end of said loop 1 and having a convergingslit 7 registering with the slit t described. This cap may be held insuperposed position on the end of said loo-p by attaching ears 8 and 9bent backward to engage the reverse face of said fastener and occupyingcorresponding notches in the outer edge of said loop. This cap doesnotrest throughout contiguous to said flat loop 1, but a little above theends of the slits 4; and 7 said cap is crimped or elevated to presentridges 10 extending transversely to said slits and form with theportions of the fastener beneath it side pockets or lateral cavities 11(see Fig. 5).

In use a portion of the article to be supported is passed through theopening 2 down into the registering slits 4 and 7. The fabric will becompressed more or less when crowded or nipped into said slits andconsequently the bight or part (see Fig. 1) of the article which is notin immediate engagement with the fastener will bulge or spring laterallyand some portions of the article will pucker up below the elevations ofthe cap while other portions will distend or bulge laterally to enterand occupy said pockets or lateral cavities 11 thereby cifectuallyanchoring and locking the stocking in the fastener. The fabric slideseasily over the gradual upper incline of the elevation 10 and then seatsitself below the more abrupt shoulder or lower incline thereof.

By my invention a fastener is provided which is simple in constructionwhich is readily applied to the article to be supported and one thatsecurely retains said article.

It will be understood that my invention is not limited to the specificembodiment shown herein but that modifications thereof might be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention as defined by theappended claims.

Claims.

1. A fastener of the class described com= prising a member provided witha fiat end constituting a backing and having converging side portionsforming between them a straight article receiving slit; and opposednarrow ridges on the face of said side portions at points spaced fromthe end of said slit, and extending transversely thereto and to saidbacking, said ridges being adapted to receive between them and compressa portion of the article adjacent the portion pinched in said slit toresist withdrawal of the article from the latter.

2. A fastener of the class described comprising a member havingconverging side portions forming between them an article receiving slit,and ridges fast on and protruding from said portions at opposite sidesof said slit and in substantial alinenient with name to thisspecification in the presence of each other, each ridge and its sideport-ion two subscnbing witnesses. forming between them a pocket forreceiving a portion of the article adjacent that ALFRED ZIEGLER' pinchedin said article receiving slit to resist WVitnesses:

withdrawal of the article from said slit. HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Intestimony whereof, I have signed my ROBERT H. KAMMLER.

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